penny-farthings

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n. Plural form of penny-farthing.

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Not technically a Seattle event, but this bike swap and show will include hundreds of classic balloon-tire cruisers, banana-seat Schwinn Stingrays, plenty of more “modern” diamond-frame antique bicycles, and probably some penny-farthings as well.

Not only do you run the risk of having your bike stolen by someone who looks like this, but you'll also have to put old-timey "Wanted" posters all over town since the sorts of people who ride penny-farthings don't use Craigslist.

For a real blast to the past, check out Rideable Bicycle Replicas, an Alameda manufacturer of penny-farthings, those tall, seemingly impossible to mount high-wheeled gems of the 1870s from which headers were regular occurrences because the